Build my Shoegaze Playlist.
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planetgeli
There's no future in England's dreaming
Early Verve (NOT The Verve), Ride, Chapterhouse, Slowdive etc etc
ATOMIC SUPLEX
Member Since: 1985 Post Count: 3
Not really my thing.
. . But Stella does some good videos on it.
She did have a video of her all time favorite shoegaze tracks, but that appears to have been taken down.
. . But Stella does some good videos on it.
She did have a video of her all time favorite shoegaze tracks, but that appears to have been taken down.
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danny la rouge
More like *fanny* la rouge!
Arts & Science
Wozniak
Kodiak
For Tracy Hyde
Old Black
Earth
Cavern Hymn
Barn Owl
Gold
Sigur Rós
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The39thStep
Urban critical thinker
Sigur Rós are shoegaze?
Steel Icarus
we move
Been listening to Alcest's doomgaze classic Les voyages de l'âme album on repest lately. Highly recommended.
stdP
One Swiss dinosaur in Polly Gosling's anorak hood
I can't profess to know if Shoegaze means the same thing this day and age, but someone's already posted Lush's Light from a Dead Star which'd be one of my inclusions, I think it's right to include some of The Sundays from the same period.
Incidentally, Reading, Writing and Arithmetic was the first album I ever bought on vinyl - a glorious ammonite-encrusted picturedisc which cost me a month's pocket money - and still remains one of my favourites.
Incidentally, Reading, Writing and Arithmetic was the first album I ever bought on vinyl - a glorious ammonite-encrusted picturedisc which cost me a month's pocket money - and still remains one of my favourites.
danny la rouge
More like *fanny* la rouge!
Not really, but I like playlists that play a bit with boundaries.
Steel Icarus
we move
I'd say there's an unbroken line between shoegaze and post-rock
Steel Icarus
we move
The Sundays aren't shoegaze at all though
Chapterhouse, try them.
Chapterhouse, try them.
Steel Icarus
we move
Very early Boo Radleys - album Ichabod & I plus compilation of their first three EPs Learning To Walk are great
Boris Sprinkler
Dont be scared
Check out the label Sarah 100. They released 100 7 inch records of shoegaze pop type stuff.
I can recommend the sea urchins, the field mice and I recall the track by the hit parade - in Gunnersbury park as being alright.
Discography Sarah 1- Sarah 100 - Sarah Records
I can recommend the sea urchins, the field mice and I recall the track by the hit parade - in Gunnersbury park as being alright.
Discography Sarah 1- Sarah 100 - Sarah Records
Smokeandsteam
Working Class First
Sarah records was not shoegaze!
Bus Honeygun
This week the score draws are plentiful
That's interesting. Sarah Records was seen very much as post-C86, jangly indie-pop at the time. The only band on the label I think that would have been described as shoegaze were Eternal, who only did one single. Shoegaze was a dismissive NME term for Slowdive, Ride and Chapterhouse etc. and focussed quite heavily on them being introspective public school rich kids from the Thames Valley (the rich kids bit was unfair to Ride at least) who were worse than Hitler as a result. Funny how it's come to lose its negative connotations and broaden its scope.
Smokeandsteam
Working Class First
ATOMIC SUPLEX
Member Since: 1985 Post Count: 3
I went to school with a 'Tracy Hyde' and always thought it was amusing that there was a Wondermints song with the same name.
But seeing this I realised that the name should probably belong to someone famous. I looked it up. Some model actress apparently.
Incidentally (and off topic), that Wondermints live footage is pretty flipping incredible. Sounds like they are miming to the CD (apart from about two/three giveaways). No wonder Brian Wilson got them to be his backing band. Wondermints were initially famous in Japan rather than their native america . . Tracy Hyde also enjoyed later success in Japan in the 90s when Japanese TV got her out of retirement for a TV special (bit weird).
ATOMIC SUPLEX
Member Since: 1985 Post Count: 3
I think because their second LP is more famously shoegaze. (Sidenote - Isn't anything is technically their third LP after 'This is your Bloody Valentine' and 'Ecstasy')
It does remind me though that the term 'shoegaze' was initially for less dreamy acts like Loop, swervedriver, and even Headcleaner just because they lerched around hunched over guitars
That aside slightly earlier MBV songs like Slow, I need no Trust probably do full fully into the shoegaze category.
hitmouse
so defeated, thinks it's funny
Pale Angels! And Mint Field.
Other than that, this thread from the linked ones at the bottom might have some tips:
www.urban75.net
I thought of Ecstasy and This Is... as being EPs, but I could be wrong. And would probably rate Isn't Anything over Loveless, for what it's worth.
Other than that, this thread from the linked ones at the bottom might have some tips:
New(ish) Shoegaze(ish)
Been enjoying "The Great Dismal" by Nothing for a while. It's one of my most streamed albums these days. Idle surfing via them led me to a whole bunch of bands who I'm keen to dig into: Deafhaven, Blue Smiley, Wednesday etc. Anybody got any recommendations?
www.urban75.net
mojo pixy
...שלא נמצא בשמאל
I think those two are called 'mini'albums? Isnt Anything was their first full-length - and I seem to recall 'shoegaze' used about MBV before Loveless came out. However, it's a long time ago!
Anyway, a rack of fx pedals on the go throughout a gig does encourage staring down apparently at your shoes (been there, done that) which is certainly why the term got coined. MBV were certainly playing that way long before they recorded Loveless.
Anyway AverageJoe , Isn't Anything is a great album by an atmospheric, fx-dense rock band. Add it to your 'shoegaze' playlist at your genre-purist peril
cloudyday
caput mortuum
The Telescopes used to get labelled shoegaze, but were around before that term was coined. Their guitarist was famous for playing guitar with her back to the crowd which I recall was seen as some kind of aloofness by the NME.
Stephen Lawrie is still releasing stuff as the Telescopes (the recent Of Tomorrow album is great).
Stephen Lawrie is still releasing stuff as the Telescopes (the recent Of Tomorrow album is great).
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